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President Trump arrives back at the White House at night. His current crusade is to eliminate standard time so that he doesn't have to "come home in the dark." (Graeme Sloan / Getty Images)

Trump demands Tom Cotton release the sun

CK Smith

The president wants more daylight and more golf, but fewer clock changes and fewer criminals working in the dark

President Trump is spending the last days before the midterms campaigning in deep-red states. He continues to make grandiose promises to his most loyal supporters. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump: $90 for his "wonderful Seniors"

CK Smith

The one-time Medicare payment is less than half a standard monthly Part B premium, arrives just before the midterms

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs as he gives a State of the Force address at Quanitico. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Hegseth puts on the "full armor of God"

CK Smith

His religious affairs office reports directly to him, allowing for "spiritual readiness" of the military

Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row, appears in an undated Tennessee Department of Correction photo. (Illustration by Salon / Tennessee Department of Correction)

Christa Pike needed competent doctors

Austin Sarat

Lethal injection is a cruel procedure. If it's going to be done, doctors should be allowed to administer it

President Trump speaks at a rally in Oklahoma. (Kevin Dietsch)

Get in, loser! We're going to Oklahoma

CK Smith

President Trump’s motorcade approached 100 mph on wet roads between two rallies after storms grounded his aircraft

(Courtesy of Netflix © 2026)

Maybe we've misread "East of Eden"

Melanie McFarland

Zoe Kazan's adaptation of Steinbeck's classic asks us to rethink what leads to evil

Employee making a bowl at Cava (Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

We’re over restaurant slop

Ashlie D. Stevens

From ghost kitchens to AI menus and PE slop, diners are hungry for food that feels like somebody meant it

A student walks on the campus of Cornell University. The New York state attorney general announced a review of the university’s initial response to allegations by a former Cornell student that she was raped at a campus fraternity in 2024. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Cornell case exposes a legal gap

Shefali Luthra - The 19th

Voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person attacked chose to drink

A magical comedy for a mad world

Melanie McFarland

Produced by Lilly Wachowski, this show is a darkly funny delight for occult history buffs

A scene from "Promising Young Woman," left, and Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Focus Features / Getty Images / Barry Winiker)

The film Cornell has people rewatching

Coleman Spilde

The Cornell Daily Sun staff's courage points to what Emerald Fennell's debut got right

Donald Trump after stepping off Air Force One at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Oct. 1, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's superpower is fading

Brian Karem

Relentless persistence has driven his quest for grift and revenge. With midterm payback coming, it's not enough

The fraternity house at the center of a rape allegation stands on the campus of Cornell University on Sept. 30, 2026. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Cornell case shows #MeToo's limits

Amanda Marcotte

The backlash against the woman suing Chi Phi fraternity members is turning into a witch hunt

The late wrestler Pac, who died Sept. 27 at 40, enters the ring during SummerSlam at Barclays Center on Aug. 20, 2017. (John Giamundo/WWE via Getty Images)

Wrestler Pac's death was a labor issue

Alex Galbraith

Pro wrestling turns the precarity of American gig workers into a glorious spectacle

(Spiderplay via Getty Images)

Gen Z chooses issues over parties

Emma Davis - The 19th

Young women stand out for their progressive views, but few in the generation are embracing the two-party system

Donald Trump speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Trump admits Iran could cost midterms

Troy Farah

The president insists the war is worth it. An American majority disagrees

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., display a sign accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of meeting with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 29, 2026. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jack Smith attack exposes GOP propaganda

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA media was ready to amplify the Missouri senator's conspiracy theory. It turned out to be laughably false

Contestants from left, Beth L., Rachel L., Marnie R., Merline N., Christina T., Sarina V., Belinda B., Kelly A. and Cindy I., stand onstage during "The Swan Pageant," the first-season finale of Fox's "The Swan," which aired May 24, 2004. (Courtesy Everett Collection)

How "The Swan" gave us Mar-a-Lago face

Melanie McFarland

Erin Lee Carr's documentary explores the era before extreme surgical makeovers became a MAGA status symbol

Aldi interior (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Generic food lost its stigma

Ashlie D. Stevens

Private label used to mean settling. Aldi and other store brands turned it into a reason to shop

President Donald Trump looks to Louisiana's Republican Gov. Jeff Landry as he delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Louisiana governor's secret deals

Alex Galbraith

The MAGA Louisiana governor has buried his deals with Meta and SpaceX under a mountain of NDAs

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 30, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's failure hides Project 2025 wins

Heather Digby Parton

OMB director Russell Vought is quietly remaking the federal government, and Congress is next

Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa speaks during Democratic state Rep. James Talarico's New American Dream Tour in Killeen, Texas, on Friday, August 14, 2026. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Moms are fed up over Texas schools

Mel Leonor Barclay - The 19th

She got into politics because of education, an issue giving Texas its most competitive governor’s race in years

Cold call fear (Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images)

The cost of scheduling conversations

Nicole Karlis

What’s lost when spontaneous communication declines?

Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters,” in Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

We need Jack Smith’s defiance right now

Troy Farah

Republicans aren't just attacking one of Trump's enemies. They're trying to rewrite history

Skyler Gisondo and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

Why Gen Z sees itself in "Primetime"

Coleman Spilde

A24's Chris Hansen biopic cleverly reveals the surveillance state's rapid escalation

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